Canal Cargo:Canal Books - Fiction, Non-fiction and Magazines:Boating Today, Canal Crafts, Magazines, Cookery:Boating today and Maintenance
The complete Inland Boating Guide
Contents include:-
First time afloat - Boating and handling - 100 top waterside pubs
Waterways map of Britian - Full A-Z guide to the waterways
Cruising Rings - Buying and running a boat
Canal Restoration
98 pages full colour softback approx A4 size price inc p&p.
Price: £9.95
The A-Z of Boating on the Inland Waterways
Everything you need to know to take your first steps afloat. Whether you are buying, hiring, or building it yourself. Costs, finance, rules and regulations, plus where you can go Price: £9.95
The Canal Boat & Inland Waterways Manual
Your complete guide to buying and running a canal boat
Contents include Planning a new boat, Sailaways, Where to cruise, Secondhand buying guide.
Saloons, Galleys, Cabins, Engines, Electrical systems, Plumbing and heating and maintenace.
Whether you are buying your first used boat, thinking of tackling a self-build sailaway or specifying your dream new narrowboat. The Canal Boat Manual will be an indispensable guide. Its 19 chapters are a complete guide to the purchase, design and fitting out of all the modern narrowboat.
postage and packing added to the above price is equal to buying direct from "Canal Boat" magazine.
See also "So you want to Buy A Canal Boat " sister publication
100 pages full colour soft back approx A4 size Price: £9.95
How to buy - new and used - Choosing the right boat for you
Designing a great interior - How much should you spend
Ins-and outs of moorings and marinas
Running you boat - Check out the latest kit and much more.
100 pages approx A4 size soft back full colour
see also "The Canal Boat Manual" - sister publication Price: £9.95
Chapters on Holidays afloat, Buying a boat, Where and when to go.
The necessary preparation, Boat handling, Saftey on board, Extra-special places to visit.
Canals and rivers in the Uk, Ireland and Europe.
Semi hardback 8"x 6" 244 pages with maps of UK Ireland and Europe full colour photographs
This book is a comprehensive guide for anyone wishing to find out more about inland boating. Price: £12.99
Second edition
Paperback 28 page booklet
Price: £4.00
Everything you always wanted to know but didn't know who to ask!
Softback 95 pages 6" x 8" Price: £8.50
Hardback Price: £9.99
On rivers, canals, seas and lakes all over the world you'll find a diverse bunch of people who have chosen to live afloat. This book decribes some of those homes and the people who own them.
Full of colour pictures
Hard back 111 pages. Price: £21.95
One of the joys of owning a small boat is in visiting new waters and different areas around our extensive coast. However, finding suitable sites can be a problem. This books deatils availability, contact telephone numbers, charges if any, suitable for different types of boat.
Suitable for all types of samll boat - sailing dinghies, runabouts and skiboats, fishing boats, trailer sailers, inflatables and small cruisers this book will be invaluable in helping you launch and recover your boat easily around Britains fascinating coastline.
softback 252 pages Price: £9.95
Includes chapters on: Buying your boat; Handling and Manoeuving; Locks, Bridges and Tunnels; Maintenance and Repair; and Trailer Boating. Price: £14.99
Hardback Price: £14.99
Written by an expert, and produced in collaboration with the Inland Waterways Association, it is a concise, authoritative guide to the practical aspects of crusing canals and navigable rivers.
Price: £7.95
8" x 10" hardback 126 pages (Was £15.99) See inside pages. Price: £9.99
Softback 68 pages 8"x 6" Price: £5.00
Booklet of 33 tips first published as monthly articles in "Waterways World", including choosing a route, setting off, steering, locking and general navigation. Price: £2.99
7.5" x 10" softback 121 pages. See inside pages. Price: £14.99
What every present and prospective purchaser needs! Well illustrated in colour.
7.5" x 10" softback 98 pages & appendices. Price: £14.99
Designing the interior of your boat
Part 1 Looks at the design of individual areas in a narrowboat
Part 2 Eighteen carefully selected case studies. Each looks at how the designer has tackled aspects of the boat's layout.
Softback Price: £14.99
How to maintain, repair and improve your boat's essential systems
If it's on a boat and it has screws, wires, or moveing parts, it's covered in the "Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual". Packed with new and updated information, this third edition maintains the book's highly praised tradition of rich illustrations, clear text, and diagnostic troubleshooting charts, and brings boaters completely up to speed with the technological advances of the past decade.
280x215mm 640pp hardback Price: £45.00
Paperback 120 pages 160x217mm
This book is the prefect companion to Alan Watt's bestseller "Instant Weather Forcasting". Its easily accessible format and revelutionary presentation has established the author's reputation as a laymen's meterologist.
Price: £11.99
This bestseller gem of a book will be invaluable to anyone participating in outdoor activities including holiday makes.
Paperback 64 pages 136x217mm Price: £7.99
In this book Don Seddon majors on the essentials - good engine practice, preventative maintenance and troubleshooting. That will be enough for some owners, but for those who want to know more it also covers: How it works, Electrical systems, Fuel, Installation, Air, Laying up, Cooling, Long passages, Lubrication, Maintenance Log.
Diesel Troubleshooter was inspired by the RYA Diesel Engine Course. Price: £10.95
In a clear, jargon-free English it explains how a desiel engine works. and how to look after it. Price: £12.99
This second edition has been thoroughly updated to include the latest on marine batteries - include AGM and gel-cell batteries, multistage charges, inverters, new wiring conventions, alternative energy sources and modern test gear. Price: £14.99
This book contains all you need to be a 12-volt troubleshooter. It gives some basic theory so you can understand what you're doing. It majors on the seamanlike practices of anticipating and preventing trouble. And it shows clearly how to locate a fault, correct the problem if you can or adopt a get-you-home remedy if you can't.
Read it at home, then keep it on your boat's bookshelf for when you need it. Price: £11.95
It advises on installing and looking after a PC on board and covers such issues as power supplies, interfacing and upgrading. A boon to cruising and racing sailors alike. Price: £14.99
Step-by-step written and picture instructions, covering such subjects as drowning, hypothermia, heart attacks, bleeding and burns.